Chapter 9-
Heading Home
"I'm so sorry for losing my cool like that. I don't know what came over me," I apologized for the umpteenth time that hour.
"It's fine, Bella, it was a lot of information to take in at once." Stephanie reassured, but I could see a remaining bit of hurt in her eyes.
"That's still no excuse," I muttered.
"Never mind that now," Stephanie said in a blank tone. "It's time to start moving things forward."
"What happens now?" I asked curiously.
"I'll need to send you back of course; I only kept you here so long so you'd befriend Liz like I said earlier," she stated.
"How did you know I'd even meet Liz?" I asked, thinking how odd this all was.
"I sent you right to her, you met her merely moments after you woke up did you not?"
"So that's why I woke up in that alley?" I asked, with an uplifted mood that came with solving a bit more of the mysteries that had bothered me since I had awoken.
She nodded in confirmation before saying, "shall we get back to the topic?"
"Right, so what exactly do we need to do besides sending me back?"
"We need to send Liz in after you, of course" she said as though it was completely obvious and we should have realized it ourselves.
"Send me where?" Liz asked rather shakily, she still hadn't quite gotten over the fact that our fate rested on her shoulders.
"Into Bella's dimension of course, where else would you go?" Stephanie exclaimed, again surprised and also more than slightly annoyed that we hadn't figured this out on our own.
"I don't know." Liz muttered glumly, then as if struck by something, suddenly sat up with a look of excitement evident on her face.
"You mean I'm going to the Twilight world? I'm meeting the Cullens?" She squealed as bad as Alice on a shopping trip.
"Err…yes you are" Stephanie replied with an amused expression that matched my own. Liz was nearly hyperventilating by this point.
"O.M.G! The Cullens! I get to meet Edward! What do I say?!" she gushed franticly, jumping in her seat, pausing only for a moment to see me glaring at her.
Edward was mine.
"Sorry," she smiled sheepishly.
I decided to let it go, knowing that she had no chance with Edward anyway. After all, I was his wife and his child's mother. Try to top that!
"As I was saying…" Stephanie drawled, interrupting the staring contest between Liz and I. "I'll decide when I send in Liz. You don't worry about it, and no matter what happens- don't freak. Got it? I won't wait long to send her, she'll be in shortly after you, since she needs some time for the Cullens to get to know and trust her."
"Can't we just avoid the confrontation? Skip Irina seeing Renesmee in the first place?" I asked hopefully. I couldn't see why we were going into so much trouble, for something that with a bit more planning could be entirely prevented. However much I liked Liz, I really couldn't see how she could be a help in this. She was only human.
"No, otherwise the other observer will see that something's up and set back the time himself, and all my work will be for nothing. Don't you dare try to change anything important before the confrontation, missy," Stephanie warned, her finger pointed at me.
"Fine I won't," I groaned. "But I don't like this one bit, how can you be so sure that Liz of all people will solve this mess?" I said, wanting to hear Stephanie's reassurance, or even better- Proof. I should have known that was too much to hope for. Dealing with mythical creatures who are certain they're better than you can really be a pain sometimes. Edward's stubborn resistance to see me become a vampire was proof of that.
Seeing her frown a bit at my choice of words, I quickly added,"No offence, Liz."
"No it's fine, I see your point," Liz muttered bitterly.
Stephanie shook her head at the both of us. "I just can't tell you, if I do it might change things and ruin everything."
"Well that's really comforting and informative," I heard Liz grumble.
"Is it just me or are we going in circles?" I asked, pulling my hair, becoming extremely frustrated.
"Yes we are, how about end this discussion?" Stephanie offered.
"Sure. Whatever. Just send me back already will you? Edward's probably pulled out all his hair, worrying about my whereabouts."
"Oh don't worry about that. They haven't even noticed you were gone," Stephanie reassured.
"What? What are you talking about?" I hissed at her. But a sudden wave of nausea hit me and I crouched over my chair, holding the armrest for support.
"Don't worry so much, Bella darling, you'll see what I meant in a moment." Stephanie said calmly, as though I wasn't about to pass out on the floor. Or worse, throw up all over the both of them from this extreme motion sickness. How was that possible? I wasn't even moving! My mind cried at me trying to find a logical explanation. I hadn't recalled it being this bad the first time. Though I suppose, compared to the transformation, at the time it seemed like nothing more than a mere dizziness.
Black dots began racing before my eyes, and my vision got blurry. I'm going home I managed to think, before the darkness took over.
A\N- I know it's short, and you're probably tired of all these conversations with Steph, but bear with me! Next chapter we get to Edward! Pinky promise! LOL.
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